games/competition96/smallwld/BugHints.txt

*** Bug in Hints for Small World ***
10/23/96

From private messages from players, I've discovered a problem with the
hints system in my game Small World that I'd like to tell people about. The
game itself works fine, so if you never used hints to finish it, you don't
need to read this.

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It comes in the very last puzzle. There's a way you can arrange things so
that the hint system says you've solved it, but you haven't. If you get to
a point like that, back up to the very beginning of the puzzle, before
you've done anything with it, and if you still can't figure it out, then
look at the hints. That should start giving you ideas. Below is the exact
circumstances

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Specifically, after you've managed to attach *both* ends of the pipe to the
upper and lower pipes, but if you haven't matched the colors up exactly, it
says "(1/3) Well, there's just one thing left to do to win the game." Oops!
Instead, when you turn the key, you get "You hear a creaking and grinding
sound, but nothing more." You'll see what you're missing if you do what the
above para. tells you and then look at the hints more carefully. Sorry
about the problem.

Andrew Pontious
byzantium@tuna.net